FB: Fighting Beat

Initially I was lured in to watch the 2007 movie titled "FB: Fighting Beat" from the movie's cover. Sure, I hadn't heard about the movie at all prior to sitting down to watch it, but it being a Thai action movie was definitely more than enough to make me have an interest in watching it.

The storyline, as written by Kulachat Jitkhachornwanich, wasn't really a grand cinematic masterpiece. I mean, the entire storyline and plot was just so simplistic that you could have watched the start of the movie, left and come back to watch the ending and you wouldn't have missed a single thing. So director Piti Jaturaphat was left with precious little to work with in terms of making a proper action movie.

As for the martial arts and fight scenes in "FB: Fighting Beat", well they were for the most parts actually quite alright. Though there were some scenes that were poorly executed by the participants as they carried out the choreographed action sequence. Those scenes just didn't have a natural flow to them at all.

"FB: Fighting Beat" is a movie that requires absolutely nothing from the audience. You just sit back and watch the action, no thinking required. But even for an action movie of this type, then "FB: Fighting Beat" just didn't really manage to make itself outstanding, as there are far better Thai action movies out there.

I sat through the entire movie, and I found myself to be mildly entertained. This is hardly a movie that I will be sitting down to watch a second time, as the storyline barely had enough contents to support the first viewing. My rating of "FB: Fighting Beat" settles on a less than mediocre four out of ten stars.